Liahona

June 1997

Volume 21, Number 6

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: “The Spirit Giveth Life”
  President Thomas S. Monson

• A Village Photographer’s Dream
  Nelson Wadsworth

• When He Spoke about God, I Understood
  Natalya Vladimirovna Leonova

• “In His Own Language”
  Kai A. Andersen

• Iceland—The Saga Continues
  DeAnne Walker

• My Dream Came True
  María Rósinkarsdóttir, as told to DeAnne Walker

• Especially for Youth

• Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise
  President Boyd K. Packer

• Looking Past Hurt Feelings
  Susan Ternyey

• Meadowlarks
  R. Val Johnson

• The Power Is Real
  Peter Pomart

• Fifty Years of Faith
  Honza Tomsa

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: Wisdom through Obedience

• Words of the Living Prophet

• The Friend

• Jesus Christ Teaches and Prays with the Nephites

• The Wise Man and the Foolish Man

• Making Friends: Kristian Nefi and Ernawati Suharto of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  Miles T. Tuason

• Sharing Time: Choosing the Right through Study and Prayer
  Karen Ashton

• Exploring: Persecutions in Missouri
  Sherrie Johnson

• Fun Page

• Fiction: The Race
  Donna Gamache